“Who will watch the watchmen themselves?”
Alasdair MacIntyre
Socialism needs Christian ethics
Dustin Guastella is director of operations for Teamsters Local 623. Check out his piece “Christianity, Morality, and Socialism” at Jacobin. We linked to this piece in Sunday night’s odds and ends. But after reading it more closely, I thought I […]
The “After Virtue” university
The failure of university presidents to condemn antisemitism on their campuses is an example of the “After Virtue” university in action.
Stanley Hauerwas on the Christian church: “My sense is that God is making us leaner.”
Longtime readers of this blog will know that I am a big fan of John Inazu’s work, especially his book Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference. Until I read this interview at Inazu’s Substack, I did not realize […]
MacIntyre vs. Rorty: The two sides of liberalism
Over at The Nation cultural critic George Scialabba reviews a new biography of Catholic moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre (Chris Shannon reviewed it for Current here) and a collection of essays by political philosopher Richard Rorty. Here is a taste: Fifty […]
Alasdair MacIntyre, Christianity, and Karl Marx
The moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre wrote Marxism and Christianity (1968) when he was twenty-three years old. Here is a taste of Matt McManus’s piece at Jacobin: “This Christmas, Radical Christianity and Marxism Can Inspire Us to Build a Better World“: […]